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UFC 317: Topuria vs. Oliveira
The poster for UFC 317: Topuria vs. Oliveira
PromotionUltimate Fighting Championship
DateJune 28, 2025 (2025-06-28)
VenueT-Mobile Arena
CityParadise, Nevada, United States
Event chronology
UFC on ABC: Hill vs. Rountree Jr. UFC 317: Topuria vs. Oliveira UFC on ESPN: Lewis vs. Teixeira

UFC 317: Topuria vs. Oliveira is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on June 28, 2025, at T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Valley, United States.[1]

Background

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The event will be held during the UFC's annual International Fight Week. The 2025 UFC Hall of Fame induction ceremony is also expected to take place during the week.[2]

A UFC Lightweight Championship bout for the vacant title between former UFC Featherweight Champion Ilia Topuria and former champion Charles Oliveira is expected to serve as the event's headliner. Current champion Islam Makhachev will vacate the title in order to challenge for the UFC Welterweight Championship.[3] Topuria vacated his featherweight title in April in order to move up to lightweight.[4] Arman Tsarukyan (who was previously scheduled to challenge for the title at UFC 311 but pulled out a day before the event due to injury) is expected to serve as backup and potential replacement for this fight.[5]

A UFC Flyweight Championship bout between current champion Alexandre Pantoja and former interim title challenger Kai Kara-France is scheduled to co-headline the event.[6] The bout was originally rumored to take place at UFC 314 and UFC 316, but the bookings were never confirmed.[7][8] The pairing previously met in an exhibition match in the quarterfinals of The Ultimate Fighter: Tournament of Champions in November 2016, when Pantoja won the two-round bout by unanimous decision.[9]

A flyweight bout between former UFC Flyweight Championship challenger (also former LFA Flyweight Champion) Brandon Royval and former RIZIN Bantamweight Champion Manel Kape was scheduled to take part at this event.[10] They were originally scheduled to headline UFC Fight Night: Kape vs. Almabayev in a title eliminator, but Royval had to withdraw due to multiple concussions.[11] In turn, Kape pulled out this time on June 9 due to a broken foot and was replaced by Joshua Van.[12]

A lightweight bout between Beneil Dariush and former title challenger Renato Moicano is scheduled for this event.[13] They were initially supposed to compete at UFC 311 but Moicano ended up challenging Makhachev for the title in the main event on short notice.[14]

A heavyweight bout between Justin Tafa and Jhonata Diniz was scheduled for this event.[15] However, Tafa withdrew from the fight for unknown reasons and was replaced by promotional newcomer Alvin Hines.[16]

A middleweight bout between former UFC Middleweight Championship challenger Paulo Costa and Roman Kopylov was scheduled for this event.[17] However, for unknown reasons the bout was moved to UFC 318.[18]

Fight card

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Fight card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Lightweight Ilia Topuria vs. Charles Oliveira [a]
Flyweight Alexandre Pantoja (c) vs. Kai Kara-France [b]
Flyweight Brandon Royval vs. Joshua Van
Lightweight Beneil Dariush vs. Renato Moicano
Bantamweight Payton Talbott vs. Felipe Lima
Preliminary card (ESPN / ESPN+ / Disney+)
Middleweight Jack Hermansson vs. Gregory Rodrigues
Featherweight Hyder Amil vs. Jose Miguel Delgado
Women's Flyweight Viviane Araújo vs. Tracy Cortez
Lightweight Terrance McKinney vs. Viacheslav Borshchev
Preliminary card (ESPN+ / Disney+ / UFC Fight Pass)
Middleweight Sedriques Dumas vs. Jackson McVey
Heavyweight Jhonata Diniz vs. Alvin Hines
Welterweight Niko Price vs. Jacobe Smith
  1. ^ For the vacant UFC Lightweight Championship.
  2. ^ For the UFC Flyweight Championship.

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Nolan King (2025-02-11). "UFC 317 headlines International Fight Week 2025 in late June". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2025-02-11.
  2. ^ Damon Martin (2025-02-11). "UFC reveals dates for UFC 317, International Fight Week 2025". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2025-02-11.
  3. ^ Alexander Behunin (2025-05-13). "Vegas heat! Dana White drops UFC 317 fight card - Ilia Topuria vs. Charles Oliveira headlines for vacant lightweight title". mmamania.com. Retrieved 2025-05-13.
  4. ^ Nolan King (2025-02-19). "UFC 314 headlined by Alexander Volkanovski vs. Diego Lopes title bout with Ilia Topuria vacating". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2025-02-19.
  5. ^ Damon Martin (2025-06-16). "Arman Tsarukyan backing up UFC 317 main event between Ilia Topuria and Charles Oliveira". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2025-06-17.
  6. ^ Marina Magomedova (2025-04-06). "Source: Alexandre Pantoja to Face Kai Kara-France on June 29 at UFC 317". telecomasia.net. Retrieved 2025-04-09.
  7. ^ Harvey Leonard (2025-01-29). "Report: Alexandre Pantoja vs. Kai Kara-France set for UFC 314 in Miami on April 12". mmanews.com. Retrieved 2025-01-29.
  8. ^ Leo Guimarães (2025-02-24). "Alexandre Pantoja in talks to defend belt against former victim at UFC 316". superfight.net. Retrieved 2025-02-25.
  9. ^ Staff (2016-11-02). "Episode No. 8 recap: 'The Ultimate Fighter 24: Tournament of Champions'". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2025-02-15.
  10. ^ Danny Segura and Mike Bohn (2025-04-03). "Manel Kape vs. Brandon Royval booked for UFC 317". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2025-04-03.
  11. ^ Nolan King (2025-02-05). "UFC Fight Night 253 main event canceled: Brandon Royval withdraws from Manel Kape fight". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
  12. ^ Damon Martin (2025-06-09). "Manel Kape out, Joshua Van expected to face Brandon Royval at UFC 317". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2025-06-09.
  13. ^ Nolan King (2025-05-13). "Beneil Dariush vs. Renato Moicano rebooked for UFC 317". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2025-05-13.
  14. ^ Mike Heck (2025-01-17). "Arman Tsarukyan out of UFC 311 main event with Islam Makahchev". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2025-01-17.
  15. ^ Guilherme Cruz (2025-04-07). "UFC 317: Heavyweight knockout artists clash on International Fight Week". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2025-04-07.
  16. ^ Mathew Riddle (2025-06-14). "UFC 317 reportedly receives major main card change". si.com. Retrieved 2025-06-14.
  17. ^ Geovanne Peçanha (2025-05-14). "Under pressure, Paulo Borrachinha returns to the octagon against Roman Kopylov at UFC 317". agfight.com. Retrieved 2025-06-17. (in Brazilian Portuguese)
  18. ^ Ross Markey (2025-06-17). "Report – Paulo Costa return fight with Roman Kopylov moved to UFC 318 in New Orleans". lowkickmma.com. Retrieved 2025-06-17.
  19. ^ "UFC 317: Topuria vs. Oliveira". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2025-05-13.
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